Domain name registry has taken action against domain names based on law enforcement requests. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, has taken action against some domain names related to COVID-19. In a blog post ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign gets domain search ranking patent
· Policy & LawPatent describes way to personalize domain search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,693,837 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for System for and method of ranking domain names based on user properties. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets IDN suggestion patent
· Policy & LawPatent helps domain searchers find translations and transliterations. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,686,750 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain stocks rebound with the market
· Domain RegistrarsMany domain name companies are faring well during the pandemic. On March 14, I wrote about how domain name stocks fared during the pandemic market crash up through the close on March 13. The market wasn't done capitulating, but stocks have ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Verisign shrugs off Covid-19 so far
· ServicesRevenue and earnings remain robust despite the pandemic. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings yesterday after the market closed. The registry operator processed 10.0 million new .com and .net transactions during the quarter ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Breaking: Verisign won’t raise .com prices this year
· ServicesEven if ICANN gives the company the nod, it won't raise prices this year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, won't raise prices for its domain names this year. In an announcement on its blog, the company announced ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Verisign tries to discredit ICANN commenting period process
· Policy & LawCompany suggests that drawing attention to comment period distorted the multistakeholder process. The comment period for ICANN's proposed .com contract amendment with ICANN closed last Friday. The amendment would allow Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) to ... Continue Reading26 Comments
.Com price hike comment period ends February 14
· Policy & LawFriday deadline to weigh in on new .com contract terms. People opposed to ICANN's plan to allow Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) to raise prices on .com domains have until Friday, February 14, to submit a comment to ICANN. The proposed Amendment #3 to ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Verisign expects at least $1.125 billion revenue in 2020 even without price increases
· ServicesCompany doesn't bake price increases into guidance. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) expects to generate $1.250 billion to $1.265 billion in revenue next year, even without price increases in .com, the company disclosed yesterday. That compares ... Continue Reading17 Comments
The biggest problem with Verisign’s .com deal
· Policy & LawIt's not the billion-dollar bonus for Verisign. As expected, ICANN has agreed* to let Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) increase prices on .com domain names starting this year. The U.S. government had already agreed to the price increases, but these ... Continue Reading10 Comments
